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Joint statement: Safety Advocates Respond to Women’s Safety Summit
We are in a moment of national reckoning, in which survivors have spoken out and shone a spotlight on gender-based violence. This moment demands national leadership. The Government’s Women’s Safety Summit did not meet this moment. Whilst many experts...
MEDIA RELEASE: WOMEN’S SAFETY SUMMIT MUST DELIVER
It is time for the Territory to be heard on the issue of family, domestic and sexual violence, as the crisis of abuse deepens.Next week the Northern Territory Council of Social Service will be attending the online National Summit on Women’s Safety. The Summit forms...
NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale speaks to Jo Laverty on ABC Darwin about the signing of the Aboriginal Justice Agreement
Years in the making, the Agreement is an Aboriginal-led roadmap to safer communities and reduced incarceration. NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale speaks to Jo Laverty on ABC Darwin about the signing of the Aboriginal Justice Agreement TRANSCRIPT : ABC DARWIN...
MEDIA RELEASE: THE TERRITORY’S HISTORIC ABORIGINAL JUSTICE AGREEMENT LAUNCHED (NT)
The Territory Labor Government and Aboriginal and community sector leaders have today signed a ground-breaking Agreement to deliver a safer community and better justice outcomes for Aboriginal Territorians. The Aboriginal Justice Agreement (AJA) is the first of its...
Youth Voice NT Internship
Youth Voice NT has partnered with Refuel Creative to offer a digital marketing internship to a young person in the Northern Territory as part of our project. The internship is open to students between the ages of 18 and 25 years old who are studying or have studied at...
MEDIA RELEASE: NTCOSS Cost of Living Report No. 30
Deep Digital Divide in the NT In its 30th Cost of Living Report released today, the Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) highlights that as more and more services move online, many Territorians are struggling to afford their telecommunications. Report...
Deborah Di Natale speaks to Mix 104.9 about Territorian eligibility for Pandemic Leave Disaster Payments
Intro: The NT Council of Social Services has welcomed the fact that Territorians are now eligible for the federal government’s Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment. On Friday, the lump payment of $1500 was made available for eligible Territorians who have been...
COSS Directors call for national action to raise the age of criminal responsibility
Today the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), the ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS), New South Wales Council of Social Service (NCOSS), Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS), Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS), South...
MEDIA RELEASE: NTCOSS CONDEMNS GOVERNMENT YOUTH JUSTICE LEGISLATION
WEDNESDAY 5th MAY NTCOSS CONDEMNS GOVERNMENT YOUTH JUSTICE LEGISLATION The Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) today condemned the NT Government’s decision to rush through its dangerous, ineffective, costly youth justice reforms. NTCOSS CEO Deborah...
NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale speaks to the ABC’s Jo Laverty and Adam Steer about the NT Budget
NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale spoke to the ABC's Jo Laverty and Adam Steer this morning about the NT Budget which failed to deliver significant initiatives or leadership that will make inroads into the Territory’s poverty or disadvantage. This was the Budget to...